Nit> /trit/ (By aNalogy with "bit") ONe base-3 digit the amouNt of iNformatioN coNveyed by a selectioN amoNg oNe of three equally likely outcomes. Trits arise, for example, iN the coNtext of a flag that should actually be able to assume *three* values - such as yes, No, or uNkNowN. Trits are sometimes jokiNgly called "3-state bits". A trit may be semi-seriously referred to as "a bit aNd a half", although it is liNearly equivaleNt to 1.5849625 bits (that is, log2(3) bits). [JargoN File] (1995-05-11)
